UPDATE: BURTON *NOT* DOING ADDAMS FAMILY MOVIE

UPDATE 3-19: MTV spoke with Burton’s people, who said, “There is no truth to the story. Tim has not lined up any of his upcoming projects.” So they deny it’s a done deal, but the second sentence seems to say it’s still a possibility.

In a move that I’d wonder why happened yet if it hadn’t already happened twice in the 90s, Hollywood is making an Addams Family movie. Tim Burton will direct, because he’s already basically made like four Addams Family movies.

[From Deadline] Tim Burton will direct a 3D, stop-motion animated film based on Charles Addams’ original ghoulish cartoon drawings of The Addams Family. Illumination Entertainment, Universal’s family film unit, has acquired the underlying rights of the Addams drawings, once a staple of The New Yorker magazine.

Other than being inspired by the same source material, the animated feature is unrelated to previous incarnations of Addams’ work, the 60s TV series, the two `90s feature film comedies that Barry Sonnenfeld directed with Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston, or the Broadway musical opening this spring with Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth in the starring roles.

See? Based on the New Yorker cartoon; totally unrelated to all those film-remakes of old TV shows and definitely not a blatant attempt to cash in. I confess that I didn’t even know that the original Addams Family was based on a New Yorker cartoon, but that’s probably because none of the characters was a dog sitting on a psychiatrist’s couch.

This actually has a chance to not suck, especially since so many of Burtons stop-motion characters from previous features owe a huge debt to the Addams family cartoons.

By: Watanabex

03.18.2010 @ 4:40 PM

FUCK TIM BURTON

By: Stinky Peet

03.18.2010 @ 4:42 PM

Honestly, The Addams Family TV show had about as much to do with the original cartoons as Gilligan’s Island did with Robinson Crusoe.

By: ChinoMoreno

03.18.2010 @ 4:43 PM

Shia Lebeouf auditioned for the part of Thing, but didn’t quite have what it took.

By: Jacktion!

03.18.2010 @ 4:44 PM

In a related story, MC Hammer sleeps under issues of The New Yorker to keep warm.

By: Jacktion!

03.18.2010 @ 4:50 PM

If John Tesh isn’t cast as Lurch, Hollywood is truly run by retards.

By: Electric Mayhem

03.18.2010 @ 4:50 PM

No matter what, this will be less creepy than Robert Zemekis’ stop-motion abortions

By: Electric Mayhem

03.18.2010 @ 4:51 PM

*motion-capture*

By: JessicaD

03.18.2010 @ 4:51 PM

Lisa Marie was quoted as saying “Fuck you”

In other news, Johnny Depp and Tim Burton have matching shades in this photo. Why doesn’t Helena just give up and tell the two of them just to have insane sex already. Cause if I was her I would…Wait what…

By: Jacktion!

03.18.2010 @ 4:51 PM

I prefer to wear the suit from Tim Burton’s Batman when I choke myself and jerk off.

By: Jacktion!

03.18.2010 @ 4:55 PM

I’m so glad there was Tim Burton news today instead of Joel Schumacher news. Saying I wore his Batman suit would’ve been embarrassing.

By: Electric Mayhem

03.18.2010 @ 4:59 PM

Is that why it was made out of latex rubber?

By: Mark It Zero

03.18.2010 @ 5:02 PM

I’ve seen his movies. I’m kind of shocked his glasses are tinted blue instead of rose colored.

By: Crapbasket

03.18.2010 @ 5:07 PM

“…family film unit..” Whenever I tell that to my family it usually involves crying and then the police.

By: Crapbasket

03.18.2010 @ 5:11 PM

Notice: If Timmy goes to the concept’s roots, only to puss out and water it down into utter mediocrity like he did with Alice to make it more family friendly, he will fall to complete asshole status for me :(

By: Watanabex

03.18.2010 @ 5:25 PM

i hope johnny depp dances at the end

By: HoHosWeKnows

03.18.2010 @ 5:38 PM

Yes, but IS DANNY ELFMAN AVAILABLE TO DO THE MUSIC? Dare we dream?

By: HoHosWeKnows

03.18.2010 @ 5:40 PM

P.S. Helena BC needed to get a spray tan before her “Twilight” audition.